Why history matters: Fetal dex and intersex

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 58-59

  Reis, Elizabeth ^a   Kessler, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; COMPLICATION; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETAL DISEASES; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; VIRILISM;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; VIRILISM;

EID: 77956419543     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2010.499586     Document Type: Article

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